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HINGE Filed Oct. 25. 1920 www Patented Feb. .26, 1924.

aITE STATES 1,48 PATENT oFFlE.i

WALTER N. VANGE, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T DURAND STEEL LOCKER COMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

HINGE.

l Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,160.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER N. VANGE, acitizen of the United States, residing in Chicago Heights, in the county of @ook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general Vto hinges for lockers and other` doors, and has for its principal object the provision of a hinge of light fiat metal construction of considerable strength and adapted to limit opening movement of the door to desired amount, as for example, approximately 100 degrees.

The invention contemplates, in this regard, the provision of a hinge limiting the opening movement of the door, and this without the provision of heavy cast or other parts, adding to the cost of the construction.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a limiting hinge member which may be merely stamped from metal of suitable gauge and readily assembled in the structure without preformation other than the mere stamping operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with t-he accompanying drawing illustrating a preerred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is an enlarged partial perspective view of a hinge connection embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown a portion of locker assemblage, comprising a corner upright 11 of angle iron construction, a portion of the side wall 12 of sheet metal, and a portion oi a door 13 of the same material. This door is provided at its hinge end with an inwardly extending ange 14 and with two rivet-receiving openings 15 and 16 to permit securing of the hinge. The angle iron or jamb 11 is slotted as indicated at 17 and is provided with apertures 18 and 19 above and beneath the slot.

The hinge member proper comprises a Hat piece of sheet metal 21 of suitable gauge. This hinge member is adapted to be arranged with its flat edge 22 against the outer face of the door and two rivets 23 and 24; extending through the openings 15 and 16, are upset to hold the hinge member to the door. The hinge member has a portion 25 adapted to be disposed in the slot 17, and just outwardly of this portion the hinge member is perforated at 26 to receive the body of a staple 27, having its ends 28 insertedthrough the apertures 18 and 19 and riveted over as indicated at 29.

A washer 31 is preferably also positioned on the staple 27 and beneath the hinge member 21 to provide a smooth supporting bearing of the hinge member in turning. The edge of the hinge member rearwardly of the opening 26 is of arcuate shape as indicated at 31 to permit the easy opening of the door eind movement of the hinge member in the s ot.

In order that this door opening movement may be limited to desired amount I provide a shoulder 32 on the hinge member and extending out therefrom. This shoulder is adapted to engage the jamb or angle iron 11 when the door has slightly past 90 degrees, thus preventing the locker door from swinging around in the way of the next adjacent locker. The shoulder 32 is provided by merely widening the flat hinge member 21 and without upsetting it or requiring any additional operation in its construction. The entire hinge member may be stamped out ai; a single die operation, and the assembling requires merely threading the washer and hinge member on the staple and inserting the rivets 23-24 through the door, staple ends through the jamb, and riveting over the parts extending within the locker.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be under 'stood from the foregoing description, and

it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. In a sheet metal locker and the like, a jamb member, a door, a hinge member fast to the door and having a part extending out into a slot of said jamb, and a staple structural metal door jamb slotted to-'receive a hinge member, a sheet metal' door, and

hinge member engaging Said door and arranged latwise in saidl slot and having a shoulder for engagingthe j amb to limit opening movement of the door.

4. In a Sheet metal locker and the like, a slotted door jamb, a door, a Hat strip of metal arranged atwise in said slot and secured in ine/ieee the outer facevof said door anclhaving a shoulder engaging the jamb tof limit Vopening movementV of the door.

5. In a sheet metallocker andthe like, a slotted door j amb, a door` a hinge member Comprising afiat strip of metal arrangedV flatwise in said slot and secured in the outer face of said door and having a shoulder'en- Y gaging the jamb to Alimit opening movement of the door, and a staple passing VJthrough said hinge member' andsaid j amb.

V6. Ina sheet metallocker and the like, a

door Vjamb, abdoor, a at strip of Vmetal ar-A ranged latwise'horizontally and secured to 'the vouter face'of the door, a staple passed through said strip and engaged in the j amb, said strip of metal acting as a hinge member, and having a shoulder engaging the jamb to limit the opening movement.

IVALTER N. VANCE. 

